Jul 11, 2019
Efforts at controlling the powers of concentrated wealth has been
an ongoing problem within society. Some believe overcoming the
issue involves looking back at the foundations of democratic
societies. Paul Starr from Princeton University joins Sam Wang and
Julian E. Zelizer to discuss about his new book, “Entrenchment:
Wealth, Power and, the Constitution of Democratic Societies.” The
book examines how societal changes in the foundations of
contemporary politics are difficult to reverse and how the efforts
against entrenchment can be found in the foundations of society to
influence the future of America’s democracy. Starr is Stuart
Professor of Communications and Public Affairs and professor of
sociology and public affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Affairs. He is co-founder and co-editor
of The American Prospect magazine and received the Pulitzer Prize
for General Nonfiction and the 1984 Bancroft Prize in American
History. His other books include “The Social Transformation of
American Medicine” and “The Creation of the Media” and more.